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Maverick

noun

Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. Synonym: rebel.

An unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it.

adjective

Independent in behavior or thought. Synonyms: irregular, unorthodox. "Maverick politicians"

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"Maverick" Quotes from Famous Books

... thousand dollars was paid without so much as winking. Might have had twenty thousand dollars just as well; but I didn't know it when I made the offer. Hope you won't be dissatisfied with me. Here's the money; two checks,—one on the First National Bank for nine thousand dollars, the other on the Maverick National Bank for ...

— Left on Labrador - or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' • Charles Asbury Stephens

... of Souls.—Being a group of poems written and printed by Harvey White. The Maverick Press; Woodstock, New York, ...

— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman

... east. Perhaps White had forgotten his promise to ride over some evening. Pete swung his loop and roped a clump of brush. "I'll sure forefoot you, you doggone longhorn!" he said. "I'll git my iron on you, you maverick! I'm the Ridin' Kid from Powder River, and I ride 'em straight up an' comin'." So he romanced, his feet on the ground, but his heart with the bawling herd and the charging ponies. "Like to rope a lion," he told ...

— The Ridin' Kid from Powder River • Henry Herbert Knibbs

... twice as much as I have to, just for the sheer joy of hearing you kick like a Texas maverick by the time you've had the cart handles for two minutes," laughed Tom, as he took his own parcels off the cart. "Now, David, little giant, let us see you buckle down to your task—-like a real or ...

— The High School Boys' Fishing Trip • H. Irving Hancock

... unclassified. And you cannot know what that sensation means, if you were not brought up as a whole big unit in some small village. The sense of irresponsibility was delightful. I felt as if I had escaped through the buckle of my father's creed and for once was a happy maverick soul in the world at large, with no prayer-meeting responsibilities. I could have danced and glorified God on a curbstone, if such a manifestation of heathen spirituality would ...

— The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance • Paul Elmer More

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